Northern Lights, Volume 5.

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By Gilbert Parker
The Error of the Day may be defined as The difference between the distance or range which must be put upon the sights in order to hit the target and the actual distance from the gun to the target. —Admiralty Note.
A great naval gun never fires twice alike. It varies from day to day, and expert allowance has to be made in sighting every time it is fired. Variations in atmosphere, condition of ammunition, and the wear of the gun are the contributory causes to the ever-varying Error of the Day.
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Say, ain't he pretty?
A Jim-dandy-oh, my!
What's his price in the open market?
Thirty millions-I think not.
Then was heard the voice of Billy Goat—his name was William Goatry
Out in the cold world, out in the street; Nothing to wear, and nothing to eat, Fatherless, motherless, sadly I roam, Child of misfortune, I'm driven from home.
A loud laugh followed, for Billy Goat was a popular person at Kowatin in the Saskatchewan country. He had an inimitable drollery, heightened by a cast in his eye, a very large mouth, and a round, good-humoured face; also he had a hand and arm like iron, and was altogether a great man on a spree.